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Le tableau de stratégie avancée que j'utilise pour le double jeu suppose que l'abandon est une option, mais ce n'est pas le cas dans toutes les parties que je joue. Ainsi, pour un 15 contre un 10 où il est dit de se rendre contre un 10 ou de rester si la CT est d'au moins 4, je suppose que tout ce que je dois faire est de remplacer la reddition par la réussite dans ce cas et que je suis bon, est-ce exact ? En d'autres termes, il suffit de traiter les abandons comme s'il s'agissait d'une touche, mais je reste debout si le CT est au moins aussi élevé que l'index.
Correct. Lorsque vous ne pouvez pas vous rendre, il suffit de frapper, à moins que le compte réel ne soit égal ou supérieur à l'indice de frappe/de résistance.
Your article. I freely admit that I hate bad players. I’ve gotten mad several times at players not playing the right way. The last time I played this guy hit on a 12 when the dealer showed a 6. I just can’t understand that play. Of course he busts with a face card and the dealer makes her hand with a lesser card. The dealer would have bust if he doesn’t hit. I am sorry, but I just can’t stand it. The guy cost the whole table by doing that and he did that a few other times as well. But maybe I should not get mad about that. It is hard to not get mad when you have a lot on a hand and this idiot just took the card that would have busted the dealer. I don’t know how to reconcile that.
You have played a total of 200 hands and you’re up almost $5000, when betting $5 in bad counts and $50 at true +2 or higher?
That is almost impossible.
You ask if you have been lucky. Well, your expected win on 200 hands of this game is probably $10 or less. Does that answer your question? 🙂
By asking this question, it is clear that you have not read much about blackjack. Get yourself a decent book and understand it before you go back.
The cards have not yet been reprinted, and orders will include this error for at least the next few months.
Note that the error is only in the legend, not in the charts themselves. It is still clear what the correct strategy is for each decision.
Even in the legend, it is pretty easy to see that one of the “Double” instructions should be “DS”.
Quick question about getting up from the table when the true count drops to m1 or lower. Let’s say that after just 1 or 2 hands on a double deck table the count drops to m1, do I get up and leave? Or stick it out for a few more hands? What is the time limit on this?
Leaving at minor negative counts in double deck quickly becomes impractical because it happens so frequently and there are typically only a few double deck tables that you can switch to. When playing double deck I generally play through the negative counts, except for taking bathroom breaks and phone call breaks during the worst counts.
I decided I am going to learn the art of card counting. I did spend 2 hours writing down the tutorial from my phone. Because I am to broke to get it printed. 5 Hours went into reading and reading more about the 0s, +’s, -‘s and all other crab who knows whos did blog. Then here and there food for the mind, which is helpful. But I love the honesty and the motivation in this article. There is hope, hope to buy a printer and hope for a girl like me to earn a extra income. Am going to glue myself to a deck of cards till I can get that 0. Then will I gamble and loose and then hopefully master the sience of 21 * 6 packed in a shoe. Count it from 0 to 0 and kick some boody.
OK, 200 shoes makes a lot more sense.
You’ve still been very lucky, but you are well within the range of possible outcomes.
As a guess, I would put your expected win somewhere around $1300.
You would need a simulation to get specific numbers.
I played DD hit S17 or S17 any casinos but i won a little and down a lot of money.I dont know whats going on i played basic strategy counting cards Hi Low counts.But the problem the positive counts i cant get my big bets and my cards is always bad,
Iam thinking to stay away from the casino.Do i need not to stay my hard 14 or hard 15 against the dealer 20 if the count is +4TC
which remaning 2decks?or less?And how much do i need money to play $50 minimum bet in 1 session?thanks
Oui, mais il devient alors évident que vous comptez les cartes et le casino vous expulsera. Je ne m'en préoccuperais pas, si c'était si facile, tout le monde le ferait et les casinos perdraient de l'argent.
I agree partially. I agree that no one should split tens, only because I feel bad for them on a personal level because they obviously don’t know how to play blackjack.
But I don’t agree with the notion that the 3rd baseman who plays “non-conventionally” screws up every other player. I’ve been playing blackjack for decades and have sat with these “bad” 3rd basemen. A lot of times other players would immediately leave the table because hey don’t want to play with that “idiot.”
I think that most players have selective memory. They tend to focus and remember the instances where the 3rd baseman’s stupid play cost them the hand. In reality, that “stupid” play oftens sets up the next “good” round (blackjack, winning splits, etc.). In other words, what goes around, comes around.
In closing, I feel that the everyday player should just stick with his best blackjack strategy and disregard other player’s deficiencies. If it is too intolerable, by all means, just move on.
Ah, je vois la source de votre confusion. La phrase que vous avez citée dans la leçon du maître de jeu est toujours correcte lorsqu'il s'agit de doubler ou de ne pas doubler les indices, mais en ce qui concerne les indices de réussite et de résistance, elle n'est vraie que pour les indices positifs. Ce n'est pas très utile !
Puisqu'il fait cette déclaration dans une section où il discute du doublement de la main molle, je suis sûr que c'est ce à quoi il pensait, mais c'est déroutant. J'essaierai de trouver un moyen de le clarifier dans la leçon. (J'aimerais pouvoir travailler avec lui sur ce sujet, mais son état de santé a dû empirer. Voir Maître du jeu.)
Malgré sa formulation, les indices ne doivent pas être considérés comme le point de départ d'une stratégie de base.
Pour connaître la signification exacte de chaque groupe de numéros d'index, voir la section intitulée Quels sont les différents types d'indices ? près du bas de la page page d'instructions pour la carte avancée. Notez que je ne fais pas référence à la stratégie de base dans cette section, mais que j'explique simplement ce qui change au niveau de l'index. C'est une façon plus sûre de décrire la signification des numéros d'index, et cela n'entraîne pas les divergences que la formulation du maître de jeu provoque.
Merci pour vos commentaires. Je dois trouver la meilleure façon de clarifier Leçon 23.
Désolé, je me suis embrouillé. Permettez-moi de reformuler ma réponse.
Tout d'abord, est-il toujours possible, avec un indice de 0 ou négatif, de jouer la stratégie de base uniquement si le compte est supérieur à l'indice, sinon de jouer l'alternative ?
La règle générale veut-elle également que l'on procède à l'inverse lorsque l'indice est positif ? En d'autres termes, vous ne jouez la stratégie de base que si le compte est égal ou inférieur à l'indice ? Par règle générale, entendons-nous également "toujours" ?
If you play a thousand hands, about how many will you surrender?
Le tableau de stratégie avancée que j'utilise pour le double jeu suppose que l'abandon est une option, mais ce n'est pas le cas dans toutes les parties que je joue. Ainsi, pour un 15 contre un 10 où il est dit de se rendre contre un 10 ou de rester si la CT est d'au moins 4, je suppose que tout ce que je dois faire est de remplacer la reddition par la réussite dans ce cas et que je suis bon, est-ce exact ? En d'autres termes, il suffit de traiter les abandons comme s'il s'agissait d'une touche, mais je reste debout si le CT est au moins aussi élevé que l'index.
Correct. Lorsque vous ne pouvez pas vous rendre, il suffit de frapper, à moins que le compte réel ne soit égal ou supérieur à l'indice de frappe/de résistance.
Your article. I freely admit that I hate bad players. I’ve gotten mad several times at players not playing the right way. The last time I played this guy hit on a 12 when the dealer showed a 6. I just can’t understand that play. Of course he busts with a face card and the dealer makes her hand with a lesser card. The dealer would have bust if he doesn’t hit. I am sorry, but I just can’t stand it. The guy cost the whole table by doing that and he did that a few other times as well. But maybe I should not get mad about that. It is hard to not get mad when you have a lot on a hand and this idiot just took the card that would have busted the dealer. I don’t know how to reconcile that.
Ken,
I’m playing 8 decks, H17 , DAS, Late Surrender , Peek , 75 % penetration.
I threw 200 boxes, 20 boxes a day.
80 % of the time I played alone, just me and the dealer , the other 20 % at the maximum with another player .
My bets are fixed : $ 5 in true negative score or = 2. I use also the top ten and leave the table when the true count is too low.
The result so far is an average US 495.25 a day, I’m making 4925.50 in total.
I’m lucky?
I am within the standard deviation ?
I can improve my bets ?
You have played a total of 200 hands and you’re up almost $5000, when betting $5 in bad counts and $50 at true +2 or higher?
That is almost impossible.
You ask if you have been lucky. Well, your expected win on 200 hands of this game is probably $10 or less. Does that answer your question? 🙂
By asking this question, it is clear that you have not read much about blackjack. Get yourself a decent book and understand it before you go back.
sorry , when the true count and more than 2 I bet $ 50 .
Has this been corrected? Or will all future orders still have this issue?
The cards have not yet been reprinted, and orders will include this error for at least the next few months.
Note that the error is only in the legend, not in the charts themselves. It is still clear what the correct strategy is for each decision.
Even in the legend, it is pretty easy to see that one of the “Double” instructions should be “DS”.
Quick question about getting up from the table when the true count drops to m1 or lower. Let’s say that after just 1 or 2 hands on a double deck table the count drops to m1, do I get up and leave? Or stick it out for a few more hands? What is the time limit on this?
Leaving at minor negative counts in double deck quickly becomes impractical because it happens so frequently and there are typically only a few double deck tables that you can switch to. When playing double deck I generally play through the negative counts, except for taking bathroom breaks and phone call breaks during the worst counts.
well said!
I decided I am going to learn the art of card counting. I did spend 2 hours writing down the tutorial from my phone. Because I am to broke to get it printed. 5 Hours went into reading and reading more about the 0s, +’s, -‘s and all other crab who knows whos did blog. Then here and there food for the mind, which is helpful. But I love the honesty and the motivation in this article. There is hope, hope to buy a printer and hope for a girl like me to earn a extra income. Am going to glue myself to a deck of cards till I can get that 0. Then will I gamble and loose and then hopefully master the sience of 21 * 6 packed in a shoe. Count it from 0 to 0 and kick some boody.
Ken ,
They are not 200 hands but 200 shoes.
My balance is too loud ?
This above standard deviation ?
OK, 200 shoes makes a lot more sense.
You’ve still been very lucky, but you are well within the range of possible outcomes.
As a guess, I would put your expected win somewhere around $1300.
You would need a simulation to get specific numbers.
I played DD hit S17 or S17 any casinos but i won a little and down a lot of money.I dont know whats going on i played basic strategy counting cards Hi Low counts.But the problem the positive counts i cant get my big bets and my cards is always bad,
Iam thinking to stay away from the casino.Do i need not to stay my hard 14 or hard 15 against the dealer 20 if the count is +4TC
which remaning 2decks?or less?And how much do i need money to play $50 minimum bet in 1 session?thanks
Oui, mais il devient alors évident que vous comptez les cartes et le casino vous expulsera. Je ne m'en préoccuperais pas, si c'était si facile, tout le monde le ferait et les casinos perdraient de l'argent.
I agree partially. I agree that no one should split tens, only because I feel bad for them on a personal level because they obviously don’t know how to play blackjack.
But I don’t agree with the notion that the 3rd baseman who plays “non-conventionally” screws up every other player. I’ve been playing blackjack for decades and have sat with these “bad” 3rd basemen. A lot of times other players would immediately leave the table because hey don’t want to play with that “idiot.”
I think that most players have selective memory. They tend to focus and remember the instances where the 3rd baseman’s stupid play cost them the hand. In reality, that “stupid” play oftens sets up the next “good” round (blackjack, winning splits, etc.). In other words, what goes around, comes around.
In closing, I feel that the everyday player should just stick with his best blackjack strategy and disregard other player’s deficiencies. If it is too intolerable, by all means, just move on.
Ah, je vois la source de votre confusion. La phrase que vous avez citée dans la leçon du maître de jeu est toujours correcte lorsqu'il s'agit de doubler ou de ne pas doubler les indices, mais en ce qui concerne les indices de réussite et de résistance, elle n'est vraie que pour les indices positifs. Ce n'est pas très utile !
Puisqu'il fait cette déclaration dans une section où il discute du doublement de la main molle, je suis sûr que c'est ce à quoi il pensait, mais c'est déroutant. J'essaierai de trouver un moyen de le clarifier dans la leçon. (J'aimerais pouvoir travailler avec lui sur ce sujet, mais son état de santé a dû empirer. Voir Maître du jeu.)
Malgré sa formulation, les indices ne doivent pas être considérés comme le point de départ d'une stratégie de base.
Pour connaître la signification exacte de chaque groupe de numéros d'index, voir la section intitulée Quels sont les différents types d'indices ? près du bas de la page page d'instructions pour la carte avancée. Notez que je ne fais pas référence à la stratégie de base dans cette section, mais que j'explique simplement ce qui change au niveau de l'index. C'est une façon plus sûre de décrire la signification des numéros d'index, et cela n'entraîne pas les divergences que la formulation du maître de jeu provoque.
Merci pour vos commentaires. Je dois trouver la meilleure façon de clarifier Leçon 23.
Désolé, je me suis embrouillé. Permettez-moi de reformuler ma réponse.
Tout d'abord, est-il toujours possible, avec un indice de 0 ou négatif, de jouer la stratégie de base uniquement si le compte est supérieur à l'indice, sinon de jouer l'alternative ?
La règle générale veut-elle également que l'on procède à l'inverse lorsque l'indice est positif ? En d'autres termes, vous ne jouez la stratégie de base que si le compte est égal ou inférieur à l'indice ? Par règle générale, entendons-nous également "toujours" ?
Merci !